Comments on: Q and A: Do search engines index Server Side Includes? http://www.ask-kalena.com/seo/q-and-a-do-search-engines-index-server-side-includes/ Your Daily Search Engine Advice Column Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Wildcat SEO http://www.ask-kalena.com/seo/q-and-a-do-search-engines-index-server-side-includes/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Wildcat SEO Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:37:27 +0000 http://www.ask-kalena.com/seo/q-and-a-do-search-engines-index-server-side-includes/#comment-1486 I am heavily involved in the creation of CMS systems during redesign work in respect of clients taking up my SEO services and use SSI to avoid unnecessary duplication of navigation etc. For me it is an essential part of web design and I have found that there are no penalties for using SSI strategies. I agree with Chris Estes and will add that the output HTML does not exist until the page has been requested by a browser or spider so the chances of the code in raw server side format being read are non-existent. I am heavily involved in the creation of CMS systems during redesign work in respect of clients taking up my SEO services and use SSI to avoid unnecessary duplication of navigation etc. For me it is an essential part of web design and I have found that there are no penalties for using SSI strategies. I agree with Chris Estes and will add that the output HTML does not exist until the page has been requested by a browser or spider so the chances of the code in raw server side format being read are non-existent.

]]> By: Chris Estes http://www.ask-kalena.com/seo/q-and-a-do-search-engines-index-server-side-includes/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Chris Estes Wed, 14 May 2008 02:37:20 +0000 http://www.ask-kalena.com/seo/q-and-a-do-search-engines-index-server-side-includes/#comment-1014 Another way to look at it... Take the words "Server Side." The includes are processed at the server before it is even processed and sent back over the internet. There are two main aspects of the process. Front side (the actual final output in the browser) and back side (what happens at the server). So... Yes, server side includes are indexed because they are in the final output. This comment is included with a Server Side Include. No, they will not index the included file itself. You can even make sure aren't included by using the robots.txt file. Another way to look at it… Take the words “Server Side.” The includes are processed at the server before it is even processed and sent back over the internet. There are two main aspects of the process. Front side (the actual final output in the browser) and back side (what happens at the server).

So… Yes, server side includes are indexed because they are in the final output. This comment is included with a Server Side Include.

No, they will not index the included file itself. You can even make sure aren’t included by using the robots.txt file.

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